Rule 5000.4. Employment and Duties of Reporters.

 (a)  The president judge of each judicial district or his designee shall select and appoint court reporters for his or her district. The number of reporters in any district shall be fixed from time to time by the funding authority and the president judge, but it shall be adequate to support the full and unrestricted operation of the courts.

 (b)  In any judicial district where ten or more court reporters are employed, they shall not be permanently assigned to a particular judge or type of proceeding. The president judge or his designee shall assign the reporters to judges or proceedings so as to substantially equalize among the reporters the work load of recording testimony and of transcript production.

 (c)  The primary task of each court reporter shall be to record or reduce to notes the proceedings before the judges or other factfinders appointed by the courts, and promptly to transcribe or arrange for transcription of such record or notes upon request for a transcript.

 (d)  No court reporter shall work outside his or her official duties unless he or she is in full compliance with all rules regarding timeliness of transcripts. No full-time reporter shall be permitted to perform other than official court duties during court hours. When doing outside work, reporters shall not use any supplies (such as paper, ribbons, binders, etc.) provided by the court.